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AuthorTopic: '71 F3 headin' down the road :-( (Read 942 times)

Well it looks like my dark blue F3 over there <---- is SOLD. I'll miss it, but not the electric window and wiring issues. It 's one super solid car, but no sense keeping it any longer, given that the '70 vert is almost identical and much more worth dumping money into... and that's what we all do with these old Mopars, that's for sure!! The buyer is getting a good deal, and I'm getting some garage space back, but I'm already thinking about what will fill it, something old like from 1939-40 probably. Nature, and car lovers, abhor a vacuum!

Congratulations on selling the 'ol F3 Roger. It's always a good feeling to send one down the road...but years later sometimes old feelings do come back. I don't think that will be the case with you though as you obviously have a much more desireable model there to tinker with and improve. A convertible is one classy ride and since it's a 70 F3...man...it just doesn't get any better than that!Take your time to fill that hole in the garage. Sometimes I think the pursuit is more fun than the actual purchase.

Bob

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Thanks, and you are so right about the pursuit... it's so much easier now than it was 30 yrs ago when all we had was Hemmings, almost too easy sometimes. But finding a good deal for what you can afford has actually become much harder thanks to all the bloody auctions on TV.

Yep this big tank only weighs 3700 lbs, and a new (and tiny) BMW 3 series weighs about the same!!!

I'm hoping that 1970 F3s have less issues! It helps that it has no PW and no A/C... like they say: Keep It Simple Stupid... in my case that's a necessity!

I got a piss-poor price for it, frankly, way less than I had in it, but I'm a pragmatist and with old cars you have to realize that sometimes you just have to cut your losses and move on.If you hang on too long, it just deteriorates.

Rarely can we get our money back on these 'ol C's. Almost never can we make anything. We're in for the fun and enjoyment Roger. You are absolutely right about cutting your losses and moving on. That's a smart move. Now you can focus on the vert!Best wishes Roger...furyfever2011-12-08 10:04:40

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Absolutely, they have to be rare to begin with, and if they are that rare they cost a ton of money to begin with. It is almost impossible to make money on restoring cars unless you are doing work for someone else, just like Chris does, they bring it in and pay for his talent. It will take another 20-30 years before any of our cars are worth more than we put into them, and then only if we put them in storage and rarely take them out and don't have to do anything to them in the meantime, which is not possible. Heck, look what happened to Miss Belvedere, and she was in a time capsule (sort of)!

Yep, when it comes to investment in our C's, in the short run we're screwed, then , as John Maynard Keynes once said: "and in the long run we're all dead!"

One thing I've learned, the hard way, is that old cars, even once you have them all nice and pretty and restored, still cost a lot in time and money to insure, register, repair, maintain, store, and, finally, drive. Frankly I don't think I can handle more than 1 or 2 anymore, and even then it would have to be used a LOT to make it worth it.

Sjak, because of the rarity of big US cars in Europe vs the demand, youcan import one, play with it, and make money. Can't do that here,there's more Cs than people who want them right now, because most carfolks here are either sheep or damm fools, why else would a '57 Chevyvert bring more than a '57 Thunderbird, Caddie, or Lincoln 'vert, for example. Mark my words though, C verts time will come. Here's thesurprising production figures for '70, last year of C-bodyconvertibles. Bear in mind that GM went on to make Full Size convertsfor 5 more years in large numbers, and Ford until 1973, while therewere NO more big Mopar verts afer '70. They are far rarer, and whilerare doesn't always mean pricey, with the prices of Mopar musclecars out-stripping those of Ford and GM, and very low C vertproduction, the day will come, maybe not soon, but inevitably, when Cverts will be those most sought out by full size convertible lovers andcollectors.

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I imagine everyone there wants B & E bodies too, just like here. Just goes to show there are dumb people everywhere!

Now, now, play nice, I happen to like the A, B and E bodies right along with the rest of them. Matter of fact, you could say the 2 door cars actually have a higher desirability than the 4door cars, or, as advertised, the family car (the big cars with 4 doors or Grandpa's car).